Dr. Chandra's areas of research interest are corporate finance (behavioral corporate finance, asset pricing, risk management) and individual decision making under risk and uncertainty (personal finance, risk preferences, irrationality).
He teaches Corporate Finance and Cost & Management Accounting in the MBA program and Investment Management and Taxation of Financial Instruments in the Financial Engineering program at IIT Kharagpur. His current research focuses on the behavioral explanations of investment decision-making, from both individual and institutional perspectives, and how it affects the asset prices and market mechanism.
He has published several papers in journals of national and international repute, and op-ed articles in business dailies. He offers training and consultancy services in the areas of behavioral and personal finance, fintech, and strategic cost management. He currently serves as the Secretary of the Asia Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA).
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Network Nexus: Exploring the Impact of Alumni Connections of Managers on Mutual Fund Performance in India by Majumdar S., Kundu S. , Bose S. , Chandra A. Asia Pacific Financial Markets 00-00 (Accepted/In-Press)
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On Asymmetric Relationship of India Volatility Index (India VIX) with Stock Market Return and Risk Management by Chandra A., Thenmozhi M. DECISION 42 33-55 (2015)
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Fund Characteristics, Managerial Skills and Performance Persistence: Evidence from India by Majumdar S., Mishra R. K., Chandra A. Asia Pacific Financial Markets 00-00 (Accepted/In-Press)
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Herd behaviour and asset pricing in the Indian stock market by Chauhan Y., Ahmad N., Aggarwal V., Chandra A. IIMB Management Review 32 143-152 (2020)
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Impact of ownership structure and dividend on firm performance and firm risk by Rajverma A.K., Misra A.K., Mohapatra S., Chandra A. Managerial Finance 45 1041-1061 (2019)
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Ownership Structure Influencing the Joint Determination of Dividend, Leverage and Cost of Capital by Rajverma A.K., Arrawatia R., Misra A.K., Chandra A. Cogent Economics and Finance 7 - (2019)
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Profits Are in the Eyes of the Beholder: Entropy-Based Volatility Indicators and Portfolio Rotation Strategies by Chandra A., Jadhao G. Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technologies 18 69-95 (2021)
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Application of VIX and Entropy Indicators for Portfolio Rotation Strategies by Jadhao G., Chandra A. Research in International Business and Finance 42 1367-1371 (2017)
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Behavioral Asset Pricing: Review and Synthesis by Chandra A., Thenmozhi M. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 29 1-31 (2017)
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Does Individual Heterogeneity Shape Retail Investor Behavior? by Chandra A., Kantesha V. , Satya Nandini A. International Journal of Social Economics 44 1-18 (2017)
Principal Investigator
- Renovation of RK Hall Rooms and Wing IIT KHARAGPUR
Co-Principal Investigator
- UCO Bank PSB IIT Kharagpur Hackathon Deputy General Mnager(IT)
Ph. D. Students
Alina Mohanty
Area of Research: banking
Kumari Pushplata
Area of Research: Behavioral Finance
Manoranjan Panda
Area of Research: Corporate Finance and Rationality
Mehak Khanna
Area of Research: Financial Markets and Risk Management
Nitu Kumari
Area of Research: Technological Disruption and Talent Management
Prashant Sagar
Area of Research: Strategic Cost Management
Pushpanjali Raj
Area of Research: Behavioral Corporate Finance
